Work & commute · Willshire

Work & commute in Willshire, OH

Most working residents leave Willshire for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Van Wert (23%), Decatur (10%) and Fort Wayne (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 754 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 739 Willshire residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Willshire.

739live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

79work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Willshire goes to work

Van Wert10.2 mi away

23%176

Decatur, IN10.8 mi away

10%76

Fort Wayne, IN30.6 mi away

8%64

Celina17.4 mi away

3%21

Berne, IN13.8 mi away

3%19

Convoy10.4 mi away

2%15

Lima32.8 mi away

2%15

Monroe, IN10.8 mi away

2%12

Columbus106.9 mi away

2%12

Willshire3.2 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%334

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Willshire commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

20%

39%

23%

18%

20%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Willshire is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.12 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Willshire are

94 jobs are based in Willshire. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Willshire’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Willshire

94 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less41%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Willshire residents hold

754 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+16%

Jobs based in Willshire, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 94. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.